Everybody's Favorite [Non-Christian] Books?

[SinnerInTheHands]

I haven't seen a post like this (ever) and think it could be fun.

What're everyone's favorite non-Christian books?

I'll start:

1] The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

2] John Adams - David McCullough

3] The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

4] 1776 - David McCullough

5] On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony

 

[KitKatMatt]

Harry Potter, Call of the Wild, and Watership Down are all favorites of mine.

 

[Rhamiel]

1984 by George Orwell

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

[Goodbook]

My mind has gone blank....

Oh wait, the Dictionary.
Not sure what you mean by non-christian as most books I read have christian characters in them. Would memoirs and autobiographies be classified as non-christian? Even if the narrator is not particularly christian or overly religious, I can't help but see redemption and morals and love in well-written ones.

 

[quietpraiyze]

These are some of my favs but I know there's more...

Some Love Some Pain Some Time – J. California Cooper
A Piece Of Mine – J. California Cooper
Sugar – Bernice L. McFadden
This Bitter Earth – Bernice L. McFadden
Love – Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eyes - Toni Morrison

 

[KitKatMatt]

I would guess "non-Christian" means it wasn't a Christian themed book. But I may be wrong and I don't want to speak for the OP.

 

[Goodbook]

I like funny books and cookbooks too.
I'm into gardening books as well...although I think that must be christian as its talking about creation, but you may get the odd one that claims plants have evolved over a million years.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
The Hobbit- Tolkien
Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
Anything by Jane Austen
Grimms Brothers Fairytales
North and South- Elizabeth Gaskell
Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

My mind has gone blank....

Oh wait, the Dictionary.
Not sure what you mean by non-christian as most books I read have christian characters in them. Would memoirs and autobiographies be classified as non-christian? Even if the narrator is not particularly christian or overly religious, I can't help but see redemption and morals and love in well-written ones.

Non-Christian meaning non-Theological. Just popular books.

 

[Goodbook]

oh ok.

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
Bronte sisters - Jane Eyre especially
The secret Garden - frances Hodgskin Burnett
The velveteen rabbit
Miffy

Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
the Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath, even though its depressing, it's honest

Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

 

[Goodbook]

I liked the Hobbit over Lord of the Rings but it was pretty good except near the end.

 

[Messy2]

Lucky Luke
Donald Duck

Since highschool when I was forced to read literature I hate it, can't even think of one book I liked.

 

[Fortran]

I used to be quite an avid reader, but admittedly it is a hobby I have not enjoyed in recent years due to personal struggles. That being said, I would say Watership Down and Animal Farm are two of my favorites. I also used to enjoy the work of David Clement-Davies and Erin Hunter.

When I was younger I used to absolutely love the Fear Street and Goosebumps line of books by R.L. Stine and Animorphs and Remnants series of books by K.A. Applegate. In hindsight, I am not sure I would recommend them for the Christian youth though.

 

[Goodbook]

Animal farm was one we were forced to read in school for .english, but I had read it before then and liked it.

The one i hated the most that we were forced to read was lord of the flies by william golding.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

Animal farm was one we were forced to read in school for .english, but I had read it before then and liked it.

The one i hated the most that we were forced to read was lord of the flies by william golding.

Yeah, that book was kind of dark and twisted.

 

[Tom Mix]

I only read magazines and I read Guns & Ammo mostly.

 

[fromtheAsh]

1) Harry Potter and the ______ by J.K. Rowling (yes, I'm aware this is a series and not a book, I just can't pick a favorite)
2) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4) The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America by Colin G. Calloway

 

[blackribbon]

My favorite book is The Shack....some consider it Christian, others are totally freaked out by it.

After that, anything written by Jane Austin or the Bronte sisters.

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

My favorite book is The Shack....some consider it Christian, others are totally freaked out by it.

I'm in the latter "straight into the fire" group.

 

[MiniEmu]

In no particular order;

Trilogies - When One Book Just Isn't Enough
The Duncton Chronicles - William Horwood
The Book of Silence - William Horwood

Singles - Because Sometimes One Book Is Enough
Mink - Peter Chippindale
Fluke - James Herbert
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Watership Down - Richard Adams
The Bees - Laline Paull
Meat - Joseph D'Lacey
Secrets of Dr Taverner - Dion Fortune

There are others which I like/love/loathe in varying degrees depending on my mood, but these immediately came to mind.